Re: [digitalradio] Does an RST of 519 Make Sense ?
Now that was funny! Kev K4VD On 8/20/06, Leigh L Klotz, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 519 means I have an ICOM $7800. Leigh/WA5ZNU Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Re: HEATHKIT HD15 PHONE PATCH
I used to have a TS-830S. On the 830 mailing list, there were a number of people using the PC-1 phone patch for PSK operation. I had the SignaLink so I never bothered, but I think, if you can figure out the connections, it should make a great interface for digital work. I always recommend picking up a KK7UQ IMD Meter or the PSK Meter (other vendor) to keep an eye on your own signal. They can often show a problem before it is noticed on the air. It might help when setting up your phone patch. In google, I put in phone patch for PSK and got a number of hits. You might find some good information there to help you set it up. Good luck and 73, Kevin K4VD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[digitalradio] Anyone Using the SDR-1000?
I'm considering trading my current rig for the SDR-1000 and would like to hear what other digital operators think of the rig. My current rig is the Yaesu FT-1000MP MkV Field. I've got an offer for trade on a five month old SDR-1000 that I'm seriously considering. Any thoughts appreciated. 73, Kevin K4VD Shawsville, VA http://kj4qf.net/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM ~- Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] How much power do you run?
Johnne: The Argonaut should be fine for PSK31. I used the ArgoV for a little while. For some of the other digital modes, more power might be nice to have on hand. I have a buddy that uses his Jupiter daily on PSK31. It looks great on the waterfall from this end. In my opinion, the Argo V and Jupiter are close to the same rig but the extra power makes the Jupiter that much more versatile. 73, Kevin - K4VD On 6/30/06, Johnne Ables [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I mentioned in a previous post (For which I was adequately chastised off-group) I am interested in utilizing the new digital modes. I am interested in a new TenTec rig. Is the 20 watt Argonaut 516 adequate or would the Jupiter be a better choice? The Orion is not in my 'blue-collar budget'. Anyone with TenTec digital experience around? Thanks! 73 DE W1YB Johnne [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM ~- Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[digitalradio] I Should Know The Answer - Confused Myself
Be kind... sometimes I make the simplest things complicated. There are two questions here... I was working on bands.ini for MixW using the US Amateur Bands sheet from the ARRL. I have never noticed this before... are data (digital) modes not permitted in the SSB sub bands? For instance: 7000 - 7150 = CW, RTTY and data (I thought RTTY was data) 7150 - 7300 = CW, phone and image (no data modes allowed here?) I had been told in the past that it is not permitted for U.S. hams to transfer pictures using MFSK from 7000 - 7150 but it is permissable above 7150. So MFSK is data or image or ... ya, content based regulation has me confused? Again, be kind. I pigeon hole my operations into the generally accepted sub bands and kind of lost track of what the regulations actually say or mean. 73, Kevin - K4VD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM ~- Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Re: Throb
MultiPSK I think. K4VD On 5/30/06, Vince - KB9SJT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So that's what that was... what software is available for Throb?? I know MixW will do it, any others?? 73's Vince - KB9SJT Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [digitalradio] Throb
Thanks for joining in Jim. I've not used that mode in ages. Right after we were done I hadanother QSO with Bill, N9DSJ. Then I heard KB9LNC in a THROB QSO with HK4QHD. I guess it's THROB night on 40. 73, Kevin - K4VD On 5/30/06, jhaynesatalumni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just took part in a 3-way Throb QSO on 40M tonight. Beenquite a while since I have heard any Throb on the air.Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest:The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) SPONSORED LINKS Ham radio Craft hobby Hobby and craft supply YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [digitalradio] Mono mic input?
I run mono with no problems at all. I don't think you'll have problems. I'm not sure who always recommends stereo. 73, Kevin - K4VD Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) SPONSORED LINKS Ham radio Craft hobby Hobby and craft supply YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [digitalradio] Dominoex soundcard problem
Seli: That seems to be an issue with the main DominoEX program. You cannot select sound cards. I had to move to MultiPSK so I could use my second card. 73, Kev - K4VD On 5/21/06, Arsaell Oskarsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello folks,Just joined the group here.Have setup the Dominoex program, but as I have 2 soundcards in my computer, I find it hard to select the one I use for ham radio.Anyone have suggestions how to choose the 2nd one ? 73 de TF3AO Seli Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) SPONSORED LINKS Ham radio Craft hobby Hobby and craft supply YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [digitalradio] Longtime RFI problem solved
Bill: I don't have another power supply to swap with but I am using an Astron and have similar issues - though the problem does not exist when on the dummy load. I'll be real interested in the results you have troubleshooting the RS-35. 73, Kev - K4VD Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [digitalradio] Re: K3UK Telnet Address
Andy: More often than not, I do not connect to your cluster. In fact, very rarely have I actually made it in. Human nature leads me to suspect it can't be my fault but that generally is not the case. Maybe you can give me a pointer. I put Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org into my browser (either IE or FireFox). A Command window opens up and says: Connecting to cluster.dynalias.org... It never shows anything else, but after a minute or less the Command prompt just goes away. I do an nslookup and come up with the following: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\kderkindnslookup cluster.dynalias.org Server: dslrouter Address: 192.168.1.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name:cluster.dynalias.org Address: 66.24.209.66 C:\Documents and Settings\kderkind I try pinging 66.24.209.66 and get request timeouts. I do a tracert to that address and I'm getting out to the Internet. After many hops (17), I start timing out around at a router with the end of the name nyroc.rr.com. This scenario happens all the time to me. Am I broke or is the cluster down a lot? Kev - K4VD On 1/29/06, obrienaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org is the address you enter. Andy K3UK Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Best program?
Howdy Graeme: For all-around digital ops, I like MixW. It has a ton of modes to play with and has a pretty nice interface. I believe MultiPSK also has a bunch of modes and is free. I prefer MixW because the user interface is a bit easier to navigate. 73, Kev - K4VD On 1/29/06, zl1gbb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings All I have just got my PSK31 operational. Now I am looking around for RTTY and FSK software. So which is best? cheers Graeme zl1gbb Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bubba net?
I believe the net is informal, it's more of a calling freq around 3582.5 where the group gathers to try out things or get questions answered. Often times it starts as two in a QSO with others listening in or joining as the topics change. Kev - K4VD On 1/18/06, obrienaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, obrienaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone send me the info on the Bubba Net? I lost my info and want to send to a few local hams that have expressed an interest. Main question is ...time of the net ? Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Soundcard Calibration
I would be VERY curious how the numbers come out if you set the sample rate to 12000 instead of 11025. Not sure it will be better, worse or any any more accurate. As far as accuracy of calibration goes. I would trust WWV. I understand that the sound checker program is based on an internal PC clock which only has an accuracy of +/- 100 ppm. I think that Olivia's requirements are fairly tight but SSTV even tighter. If you give 12000 a try, please let me (us) know the results. By the way, I use the MixW SSTV method against WWV for calibration on receive. I usually set transmit to the same value assuming it is using the same clocks. Not sure of this assumption. Regards 73, Kevin - K4VD On 1/8/06, Ron Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, you guest it, right during the RTTY test I lost audio in, thought I had a bad cable or lose connection, but no, the dam sound card (Soundblaster 16bit) just stopped working. So in the mean time I decided to drop back and use the on board sound card. I then check the calibration against WWV tick using both MMTTY and MMvari and MixW SSTV calibration method. All three showed a +40 PPM at 11025hz. No problem, but I also wanted to make sure that the transmit (Audio out) was also calibrated and downloaded the sound card calibration program off Yahoo and ran it at the 11025 sample rate. After a long time that program started to zero in on the in and out corrections, they were +15ppm on the in and -79ppm on the output. Using the 40 ppm corrections for two SSTV programs (MixW) and MMSSTV, I transmitted on one and received on the other and got a considerable slant, tried it both ways same slant conditions., I then inserted the -79 ppm in the transmitting and the slant almost disappeared but was still there, then I adjust the receive in to +20 PPM and the slant almost disappeared. Question: Show I rely on the WWV tick correction +40ppm for most other programs? or the +15ppm that the soundcard checker program returned based on the PC's internal clock or some compromised value? Should I rely on the OUT correction of -79ppm which up until this incident I had not set. When running both SSTV programs that were consistent with a good display based on the checker program, when using the WWV values I had a slant on the receiving pics. I operate Olivia, Contestia, MFSK and some PSK RTTY. I do not think that the PSK, RTTY adjustments are as critical but I am concerned how well Olivia and Contestia and Hell will work. Am I being overly concerned with such small (Less than 1HZ) adjustments? Probably by the time some of you read this I will have slipped in another SB soundcard and started the calibration process. all over again, your thought are appreciated. Ron W4LDE Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Soundcard Calibration
Thanks for the info Ron. I am surprised there wasn't a noticeable difference when using WWV also - but I'm not really surprised about the soundcard checker's results. 12000 always seemed to work good for me. Only way I know of to faithfully check the output would be with a well-calibrated freq counter with enough resolution. I guess that's something you don't find in too many ham shacks. But, in reading the docs for MMVARI, there is a note in there that states: 2 - 12000Hz: Soundcard frequency that is unlikely to have TX offset. Supported by some cards in the market. Based on this, I've always set my in out to the same. With PSK and Olivia, I've not been told of any problems. I have not sent any SSTV - that might be more sensitive. From previous comments on this list, I think I understand that 0 ppm +/- 100 ppm is sufficient for Olivia. Thanks for posting your results. The looped SSTV test should be real interesting. 73 and see you on the air. Kevin - K4VD On 1/8/06, Ron Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin, Using WWV tick as the standard I get the same correction which is 40 ppm for either the 11025 or 12000, however, when using the soundcard checker based on the PC's time clock I get a change between 11025 and 12000. The change is from 15 PPM IN at 11025 to 4PPM IN at 12000 and the biggest change come in the OUT from -79ppm at 11025 to 8ppm when using 12000. I am going to try a loop between two different SSTV programs, MixW and MMSSTV transmitting and receiving both and see what happens, let you know how close the soundcard checker is. Yes I know that program is +/- 100ppm accurate but is there another way to calibrate the OUT? Ron W4LDE Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [digitalradio] Time-Sharing Our Ham Bands, Designing Digital Methods for Time-Sharing
Rick KV9U wrote I have to say that with Bonnie's attitude it is no wonder there is so much contention. The practices that Bonnie are recommending are the exact opposite of proper amateur conduct and should not be supported by those of us who believe in the Amateur Code. Hi Rick, Maybe you are confusing my attitude with my observations of reality. It is human nature, and good amateur practice, for communicators to do what they can to get their message through QRM, QRN, or harsh conditions. No, I think Rick has it right. It's your attitude and the attitude of the opposition. Andy's decision to keep this thread going here is a mistake. But that's just my observation of reality. Bonnie, Dave, etc I know this is an important subject. It might even be worth its own Yahoo! group so that those that want to take part can sign up. It will be interesting to see how things go with a more specialized audience. Maybe someone can provide a weekly summary to this group of your discussions. Weekly is about all I can take. Just take it away somewhere else. Maybe you guys will actually come up with a good plan to propose to somebody who can actually do something about it. 73 Happy New Year just not a year of this discussion please. Kevin K4VD Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] Re: Digitalradio, forum for all digital operators to exchange ideas, cooperate?
Hi Bonnie: *** Description This is a meeting place to discuss amateur radio digital applications such as RTTY, CW, PSK31,PSK63, MFSK16, Olivia-MFSK, Contestia,RTTYM, Chip64, THROB, ALE, PACTOR, AMTOR, HELL, SSTV and more. There are several reflectors dedicated to these separate modes but this group focuses on ALL digital modes. Software applications such as MixW, Logger32, MMVARI, MMTTY, MultiPSK, Hamscope, Winwarbler, Digipan, etc, etc, are often discussed. *** The above is the description from the home page of this group. I suppose if you take the words and more and twist them, then this discussion fits in. You say Digitalradio has become more than just an interactive software guide. I say it has become less. The issues discussed here do not fall under the description above. I believe your topic is important enough for a new group where all operators, not just digital, are welcome. Repeating a comment I made in an off-list reply... time to take it out of committee and onto the house floor. You (collective) have taken over the group and unfortunately Andy has blessed it after some off-list prodding apparently. For that, I am sorry. Kevin - K4VD Hi Kevin, As I understand it, the digitalradio group is where digital operators can get together to talk about *all* methods of digital communications, operating, and signals. Sure, the digitalradio group is also a user support group, where you can ask technical questions and find out things like: What baud rate do I set my software for? Digitalradio has become more than just an interactive software guide. It is a place to share ideas and ways to improve digital communications in ham radio. It is a forum for operators of various digital methods to actually speak with each other about cooperation and making things better. Right now, there is a lot going in the amateur community that greatly affects the future of digital communications. IARU Region 1 just implemented a new bandplan that affects digital. USA is changing its FCC rules. New digital formats and techniques are being invented and seen on the bands often. Like you, I recognize that some operators have rather extreme ways of expressing their opinions. And yes, it is unfortunately true, some see this forum as a place to complain, insult, soapbox, or publicly ridicule other digital operations. I have learned to skip by messages sent by certain authors who tend toward those habits. Anyone can easily skip reading entire threads or subject lines. Some operators simply skip by any subject like that is not How do I set my baud rate?. My point is, some parts of these discussions are very constructive about new digital signals, digital bandwidths, and digital techniques for sharing our ham bands. They are certainly within the spirit and the stated purpose of the group. There is room for us all here. Bonnie KQ6XA P.S. Now, how do I set my baud rate on Olivia again? Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html SPONSORED LINKS Ham radio Craft hobby Hobby and craft supply YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group digitalradio on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [digitalradio] Re: Why is Mix W so popular ?
I am most impressed by the macros in MMVARI. It has conditional statements, loops and menus. I'd love to see that in MixW. It would make a good program even better. To add to the list... if I understand the new architecture right, you will be able to plug-in modes instead of waiting for new releases of MixW. If the interface for the mode plug-in is published, and others use it for a distribution platform, then I think this is a great advantage to MixW. Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ -Original Message- One thing I left out is ALL the Macro commands that Mixw has. This allows one to automate most everything. Also Mixw has Rigcontrol built-in. Stan K9IUQ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM ~- Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[digitalradio] Sound Card Sample Rate - Olivia Pointing Out Something Interesting
Hello all: I've been experimenting [on | with] others lately. When I get poor copy on them in Olivia the sample rate ususally shows up something close to 1% or greater. Their copy of my sig is also pretty poor. The experiment was to ask them to change their sample rate of the sound card from 11025 to 12000. In each case, this brought the sample rate error down to 0% (or close enough) and copy improved to 100% on both ends. Last night there were four of us in a chat on Olivia 500/8. I had 12000 Hz sample rate and the others were at 11025. One of the 11025ers had poor copy both ways with all the others. The others looked good. I asked him to try 12000 Hz and copy went to 100% all around. This was the first time I think I proved to myself that I wasn't just matching his miscalibration to my miscalibration as the other two 11025ers had great copy all around. When I've done the sound card calibration (using both MixW SSTV and MMVARI), it appears the correction for 12000 Hz is always less than for 11025. It was something in the MMVARI documents I read and may have misinterpreted that led me to experiment with this. Apparently at 12000 Hz, the TX and RX sample rates are generally closer together. Unfortunately, not being very scientifically minded, these experiments were not controlled. I have no idea what sound cards were in use by others. One was a laptop but I think the others were desktops. I'm using an old SB16. So the theory I'm proposing is that 12000 Hz sample rate for some (many?) sound cards will generally provide better accuracy than 11025. Is this too far a stretch? Can someone possibly shed some more light on the subject? I'm not proposing calibration is unnecessary of course, just that it might be easier at 12000 Hz than 11025. 73 Happy Holidays, Kevin K4VD Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html SPONSORED LINKS Ham radio Craft hobby Hobby and craft supply YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] Re: DOMONOEX
I tried calling a while on 20 and had an intermittent QSO with W3NF. Only about 70% copy and I think he had me even worse. I'm going to try some calls on 40 meters and hope for stronger signals there. Speed is nice and that second channel can be interesting. 73, Kevin K4VD Shawsville, VA Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 19:39 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: DOMONOEX OK, have downloaded the software, help files. Anyone want to test in the defult mode DominoEX 11? How about around 14.073 USB, best times for me are 1800 UTC to 2300 UTC. Seems I only hear North American stations at my QTH. Jerry - K0HZI South St Paul, Minnesota, USA, EN34lv Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] Re: DOMONOEX
I'll be trying again on 80 when the sun goes down. I got no answers on 40 meters. Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 21:34 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: DOMONOEX I was on MixW PSK31, seen what looked like MFSK up the band, tried to decode the signal, no go, then figured it must be DOMINOEX, by the time I shut down MixW and loaded DOMINOEX, everyone was gone or the band changed :-( Jerry - K0HZI Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] Domino EX
I was just watching a QSO between two stations in Maryland. Both were reporting 70 to 80% copy of each other but I had them 100%. The strange thing was, they were both off from each other by about 500 Hz from each other so I had to keep shifting the waterfall to keep up with them. Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of F.R. Ashley Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 01:40 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Domino EX Hi all, I have the program up and running and need to know where to look for signals, or make a sked. A lot of digital on 80 meters at night, good thing! Glad to see 80 used more. 73 Buddy, WB4M Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html SPONSORED LINKS Ham radio Craft hobby Hobby and craft supply Icom ham radio YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[digitalradio] Sound Card Strangeness with Certain Rigs
With my TS-830 and before with the FT-817 and 897 the sound card acts normally. With the PSK40 and the Argonaut, something strange is going on. Let me try to explain I set the capture volume level to minimum in the mixer. I can see some static on the waterfall. Then I transmit. When I go back to receive, the capture volume slider is in the same place, but the sensitivity has somehow increased a lot. I nudge up the capture volume and back down to zero and it is normal again until I transmit and go back to receive. I have to do this every time and it's been going on for a long time. It made the PSK40 troublesome to use and now the Argonaut is a pain. Why is my soundcard (SB16) increasing in sensitivity when I go back to receive? It's driving me nuts. Latest drivers checked. Using the AUX port on the Argonaut. Kevin K4VD Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] Propfire
There is something in the FAQ for the new Firebird about problems with loading plug-ins. I think the link is on their main page. Something about doing it through the Firebird interface instead of the web interface? Might want to try there. Kevin K4VD Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of k5gm Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 23:15 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Propfire I am having problems installing this extension. I found it on the Firefox extensions list, and tried installing it, resulting in a message telling me I have installations denied or some such. Upon clicking the Edit Options tab presented, the only thing I found was warn when extension or add-on installations are attempted or similar. I unchecked that to no avail. Can someone please tell me where the referenced olption exists? Thanks and 73 Pete K5GM Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] No level LED on Rigblaster Pro
My suggestion is to make sure the cables are plugged into the right connectors on the soundcard. It always confuses me. Use a pair of headphons to make sure you are really getting audio out right from the soundcard. Kevin K4VD Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of obrienaj Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 01:50 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] No level LED on Rigblaster Pro I'm trying to help a friend get his Icom 746 Pro , MixW, and Rigblaster Pro to work together. So far we have got the 746 Pro to be read by Mix and for the rig to be keyed when MixW is put in PSK transmit mode. The PTT LED light on the Rigblaster comes on, but their is no RF apparent. A support page at Rigblaster says... You should also see the RIGblaster level LED light indicating that you have audio coming from the computer at an adequate level to feed your radio via the RIGblaster. The level LED does not light . Rigblaster says If the RIGblaster level light does not light un-mute and turn up your sound card wave and master level controls We have done that and all levels are set correctly and un-muted. Still no level led is lit. Does anyone have any suggestion? I suspect the on-board soundcard is not generating enough audio to drive the rigblaster/746 but my friend said he had it working once before, so I wonder why it would not work now. Andy K3UK Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[digitalradio] Re: Bandwidth-Based FCC Rules for USA
Hello: There are so many interests here that I couldn't hope to understand all the different issues but I thought I might throw in a couple of comments to show my ignorance and maybe get put straight (kindly please). QRM is a fact of life. When it is the cause of propagation changes, poor operating practice or other acts of Mother Nature (I'm defining human nature as a subset of that), then it's something we must learn to work with and no regulations are going to help with that. If a station is automated and cannot detect a QSO in progress, then it should be restricted to a sub band where the impact will be minimized. What is to stop someone from intentionally initiating a QSO where an automated station has been set up and thereby preventing the automated station from operating properly? Unfortunately, this doesn't seem so far fetched to me. Maybe a sub band that where automated stations are restricted to should only permit automated operations? The one thing that I see is strange about our current rules is that we are governed by content. It is currently illegal for me to use MFSK to transfer pictures (say down around 7073), yet it takes up the same bandwidth as MFSK transferring text. For me, this is what I see as the benefit of allocation by bandwidth. The removal of senseless restrictions. Gentlemen's agreements are basically ineffective. It requires everyone to be a lady or gentleman which is never the case. It only takes a one or two. New modes that come along generally invalidate old agreements when they try to find space to congregate. I think this discussion would go a lot further if we at first concentrate on and discuss our basic goals before trying to hash out the merits of rules. At that point we may realize more easily why we each support different proposals. Not being a big contester or experimenter, my goal is to get on the air and ragchew in the mode I choose. To do this effectively, it helps to know where people using that mode congregate. I'm able to do that with the current regulations. I just want to operate. So the only changes that I see are needed are: 1) don't restrict the content of my conversation 2) provide a safe haven for automated operations that provides them protection from QRM while eliminating the QRM that they cause What would happen if the only proposal in front of the FCC was to remove restrictions on content, find a sub band for automated operation and all else remain the same? For my purposes, this is a proposal I could understand and support. 73, Kevin K4VD Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html SPONSORED LINKS Craft hobby Hobby and craft supply Ham radio YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] K3UK cluster commands
I never seem to be able to connect to this site when I try it. The error I get is: Connecting to 208.15.25.196Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connection failed Is this site really active? Been trying about once a week for a few weeks now. Kevin K4VD Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Becker Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 15:07 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] K3UK cluster commands here is the commands for the cluster... telnet://208.15.25.196/ WinCluster Commands Are: T or TALK user message - Send TALK message to user. A or ANN message - Send Local announcement. A/F or ANN/FULL message - Send Full announcement. DX freq call comment - Send DX spot. SH/U or SHOW/USERS - List local users. SH/CO or SHOW/CONFIG - List cluster configuration. SH/HE call or SHOW/HEADING - List DXCC info for call. SH/PR call or SHOW/PREFIX - List DXCC info for call. SH/WWV or SHOW/WWV - List last five WWV spots. SET/ANN or SET/NOANN - Turn announcements ON or OFF. SET/DX or SET/NODX - Turn DX spots ON or OFF. SET/HERE or SET/H - Set your current status to HERE. SET/NAME name - Set your NAME. SET/NOHERE or SET/NOH - Set your current status to NOT HERE. SH/DX/## Band or Call or Prefix - List DX spots. Where: ## = number of spots. 20 max TNC, 99 max TNet. Default ## is 5. Band = 6,10,12,15,17,20,30,40,80,160 Prefix = KH2, JA, YV, etc. Call = KH2D, HM0DX, etc. Examples: SH/DX - List last 5 spots. SH/DX/10 - List last 10 spots. SH/DX KH2 - List last 5 KH2 spots SH/DX/10 KH2 - List last 10 KH2 spots SH/DX/10 15 - List last 10 spots on 15 meters SH/FDX/## Band or Call or Prefix - List DX spots. Same as SH/DX but spots in original format. B or BYE - Log off cluster. If you have any questions please feel free to ask Andy or myself. John, WØJAB co-moderator The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/ More info at http:///www.obriensweb.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] Chip64 and chip128
I just downloaded the Chip65 software if anyone wants to try around 7090 (I'm in Virginia). I've noticed that the software crashes if any window gets in front of the waterfall. I get resourse allocation and other errors. I'll make a not of them next time. Kevin K4VD Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 19:58 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Chip64 and chip128 I see there are some qso's going on 7090, what other freq's are being used for now? 73 Kurt The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/ More info at http:///www.obriensweb.com SPONSORED LINKS Hobby and craft supply Craft hobby Hobbies and crafts Ham radio YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] K3UK cluster commands
I have never been able to telnet to this cluster. I keep getting the following: telnet 208.15.25.196 Connecting To 208.15.25.196...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed Pings show request timed out. Traceroute shows Tracing route to 208-15-25-196.netsync.net [208.15.25.196] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 3 ms 2 ms 2 ms dslrouter [192.168.1.1] 2 29 ms 29 ms 29 ms 10.30.1.1 3 29 ms 29 ms 29 ms so-1-1-0-0.CORE-RTR2.ROA.verizon-gni.net [130.81 .11.37] 4 55 ms 54 ms 55 ms so-2-3-0-0.BB-RTR2.RES.verizon-gni.net [130.81.1 8.94] 5 55 ms 55 ms 55 ms 130.81.10.94 6 55 ms 55 ms 55 ms dcx-edge-02.inet.qwest.net [208.46.127.253] 7 55 ms 55 ms 55 ms dcx-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.251.13] 8 * * * Request timed out. 9 75 ms 76 ms 77 ms chi-core-02.inet.qwest.net [205.171.205.33] 10 76 ms 76 ms 75 ms chi-edge-08.inet.qwest.net [205.171.20.114] 11 203 ms 280 ms 219 ms 216.207.8.150 12 87 ms 87 ms 87 ms sw4.netsync.net [206.231.8.18] 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 * * * Request timed out. 15 * I seem to be getting pretty far along the path. I'm not having problems connecting to anything else I've tried. Any assist? 73 de K4VD Kevin Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Becker Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 15:07 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] K3UK cluster commands here is the commands for the cluster... telnet://208.15.25.196/ WinCluster Commands Are: T or TALK user message - Send TALK message to user. A or ANN message - Send Local announcement. A/F or ANN/FULL message - Send Full announcement. DX freq call comment - Send DX spot. SH/U or SHOW/USERS - List local users. SH/CO or SHOW/CONFIG - List cluster configuration. SH/HE call or SHOW/HEADING - List DXCC info for call. SH/PR call or SHOW/PREFIX - List DXCC info for call. SH/WWV or SHOW/WWV - List last five WWV spots. SET/ANN or SET/NOANN - Turn announcements ON or OFF. SET/DX or SET/NODX - Turn DX spots ON or OFF. SET/HERE or SET/H - Set your current status to HERE. SET/NAME name - Set your NAME. SET/NOHERE or SET/NOH - Set your current status to NOT HERE. SH/DX/## Band or Call or Prefix - List DX spots. Where: ## = number of spots. 20 max TNC, 99 max TNet. Default ## is 5. Band = 6,10,12,15,17,20,30,40,80,160 Prefix = KH2, JA, YV, etc. Call = KH2D, HM0DX, etc. Examples: SH/DX - List last 5 spots. SH/DX/10 - List last 10 spots. SH/DX KH2 - List last 5 KH2 spots SH/DX/10 KH2 - List last 10 KH2 spots SH/DX/10 15 - List last 10 spots on 15 meters SH/FDX/## Band or Call or Prefix - List DX spots. Same as SH/DX but spots in original format. B or BYE - Log off cluster. If you have any questions please feel free to ask Andy or myself. John, WØJAB co-moderator The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/ More info at http:///www.obriensweb.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] Re: Too much power and courteous notifiication - how/if
I don't mean to display my ignorance too much anyway. But I'd like to ask a question or more. Being a QRPer, I enjoy running low power. That was one of the attractions of PSK. But I don't try to impress my way of operating on others. Is there a technical reason for maintaining low power that affects others (not just the power user)? I understand the need for keeping the IMD low but I'm not sure exactly what the issue is with running higher power. Tradition or technical? I often make my calls or answer with about 15 to 20 watts as a matter of tradition. It's how I was told to run PSK by other PSKers. But sometimes, especially in a conversation or when I hear someone well and they can't seem to hear me, I'll push the power up a bit. Sure, I can improve my antenna, and I do. But increasing power for a QSO seems to make sense to me. I have never gone above 50 watts based on a 50% rule that I keep to help protect my rig. I do notice that sometimes there are signals loud enough to block my receiver. They might either be running higher power or be close to me. Either way, I've been able to switch in the 500 Hz filter and shift the IF enough to help in most cases. I'm thinking of a 300 Hz filter to help even more. I also play with the RF gain, IPO (Yaesu) and Attenuator and can usually operate under about any conditions. Is the issue that some people can't make these adjustments or don't think they should have to? I like operating as low a power as I can to maintain contact comfortably. Conditions have been bad lately and it seems to take a bit more sometimes. The earlier argument that compared the encroachment of higher power signals on the band to his small town being overrun by big developers is understandable I guess. But as a mode (and a town) attract more and more people, things will get more crowded with people that have different methods of doing things. Not sure that's progress, but it is fact. 73 de KJ4QF Kevin Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/ More info at http:///www.obriensweb.com Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [digitalradio] Re: Too much power and courteous notifiication - how/if
Thanks for the response Jerry. If it's tradition, then only those that respect that tradition will follow it. Others will have something much different to say about it. Someone just discovering PSK today may not have the same feelings about its roots as someone that was there from the beginning. That's too bad in a way because we lose some common ground when we neglect tradition. What that leaves is differences in opinion not much different from the CW argument I think. You can't force someone into following tradition if the rules allow 1 KW. They either want to or don't. I'm not sure that need comes into it. Some enjoy the thrill of the contact, others enjoy the thrill of the contact at the lowest power possible. I get a kick out of a 500 mw CW QSO (when I had the 817), but minutes later I could be in a 100 watt QSO having just as much fun depending on the conversation. My answer to the 200 watt question because he can. He has the capability and it's probably within the rules. If he knew he was interfering with you, would he decrease his power or suggest you get a better receiver? I didn't mean to suggest that my PSK ops were QRP. I do CW QRP only had one PSK QRP QSO, but I do have a PSK40 kit on order (yeah!). I do follow rules I've placed on myself to use the least power I believe is necessary to maintain a comfortable QSO. If I get a report that copy is 60% and I'm running 20 watts I'll bring it up a bit to see if that helps. When I hit 50, we're done. I don't see this as bumping anyone that's using low power (or any power for that matter) as I really think that properly adjusted, most modern receivers can be operated in environments with strong signals. It took me a long time to work out the right combination (did I mention I usually turn the AGC off for PSK in crowded bands?). Based on this thread, I'll be more conscious of my power and try to keep it to a reasonable level when the bands are crowded. I'll get off my soapbox too and see you on air! 73 de KJ4QF Kevin Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 8:58 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Too much power and courteous notifiication - how/if Kevin, I thought PSK31 is supposed to be a QRP mode, so therefore Tradition. But who operates true QRP 5 watts? I guess that is what most think the power level should be for QRP? Have made contacts with stations using 5 watts or less, and the copy was very good. The band conditions have been less than good for quite a while, so does that mean everyone should run more power to compensate for poor conditons? Does one really need to have that QSO so bad they increase the power and bump others who are operating at lower power off the band? Have tried narrowing the filter, shifting of IF center to no avail on those stations who operate higher power. Operating at my station more than 25 watts the RFI gets back into my computer and locks it up. I have no choice, as my antenna is indoors, can not put any antenna outside, or fear eviction. I am eight floors above the ground, no balcony so have to do the best I can do with 15 to 20 watts. So I miss having a few QSO's no big deal! Again today someone on twenty meters was using an Amp at 200 watts on PSK31, why? Again if those who wish to get into power wars, go up on 20 meter phone segment and blast away. Off my soap box! 73, Jerry K0HZI The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/ More info at http:///www.obriensweb.com Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[digitalradio] Dual Soundcard Audio Routing
Soundcard 0 is set to default and used for music, computer sounds, etc. Soundcard 1 is used for digital modes only and is selected by MixW. Question: Is there any way monitor the radio's audio at soundcard 1 with soundcard 0 so I can get it to the speakers? XP seems to treat the two cards totally independently with no interaction between the two. Is there some sort of software mixer I can use or a hidden feature I can't find? 73 de KJ4QF Kevin Kevin der Kinderen http://kj4qf.net/ The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/ Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
